Douglas Fire
The Douglas Fire was reported on June 21, 2022 in Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska and burned 23,132 acres. It was declared out on September 9, 2022. The cause is listed as natural.
- Size
- 23,132 acres
- Contained
- 36%
- Discovered
- June 21, 2022
Map
Perimeter mapped September 28, 2022 at 10:09 AM AKDT, 23,132 acres (image interpretation). Point of origin 66.872, -150.521.
The incident
- Size
- 23,132 acres
- Containment
- 36%
- Discovered
- June 21, 2022 at 1:09 PM AKDT
- Contained
- September 9, 2022 at 8:00 AM AKDT
- Declared out
- September 9, 2022 at 8:00 AM AKDT
- Cause
- Natural
- Location
- 0.5 miles east of the Dalton Highway.
- County
- Yukon-Koyukuk County
- State
- Alaska
- Nearest city reported
- Bettles, AK
- Protecting agency
- BLM
- Jurisdiction
- BLM
- Land ownership at origin
- BLM
- Incident management
- Type 3 Team
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Grass and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $222,626
- Part of
- Dalton Highway Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-AKUYD-000336
- IRWIN identifier
- 64B32C41-83F6-4A21-873C-9866EAD23077
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated October 14, 2022 at 1:35 PM AKDT. Identifier 2022-AKUYD-000336.